Watch-crystal cabinet



J. P. BECK WATCH CRYSTAL CABINET Fig.

1,520,525 I J. P, BECK WATCh CRYSTAL CABINET Filed April 25 1923 f f \1 x I? M w Patented Dec. 23, 1924.

JOHN P. BECK, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN.

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Application filed. April 23, 1923. Serial No. 634,165.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I. JoHN P. BECK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Flint in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful. improvements in lVatch-Crystal Cabinets; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple but highly efl'icie'nt cabinet for holding watch crystals of various sizes, whereby there will be no chance of mixing the various sizes or breaking any of the crystals while handling the same and whereby desired sized crystals can be quickly found an d taken out of the cabinet.

It is an additional object to provide such a cabinet which will entirely exclude dust and dirt from the crystals.

A more specific object is to provide a cabinet with rotary carriers adapted to hold different sized crystals. Jewelers at present. to hold their supply of watch crystals use a cabinet having shallow drawers in which. the crystals stand on their edges. several different sizes being in the same drawer.

The crystals consequently are easily mixed and it is often diflicult to find the desired size of crystal. Moreover, since these crystals stand on their edges. they often project slightly higher than they should when the drawers are closed or opened and often are caught and broken. A sudden pulling and pushing of the drawers also has been found to break a great number of crystals.

The applicant has been engaged in the jewelry business for some time and has designed this improved cabinet to do away with these disadvantages and serve the other purposes above named.

To these .ends generally stated. my invention consists of the novel devices and combination of devices herein described and set forth in the claims.

My invention in its preferred form is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like notations refer to like parts throughout the several views and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same;

Fig. 3, is a right side elevation of a part of the cabinet, the moved position of one part being shown in dotted lines Fig. l is a vertical cross section taken on the line el-'lof Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 a horizontal cross section taken on line of Fig. l; and

6 is a plan view of a modified form of a portion of a carrier with the upper dis-c removed.

The numeral 7 designates the casing of the cabinet herein shown in the form of a closed box having at its front side a pair of registering horizontally swinging doors 8 and directly above the same hinged to its top. at the front portion thereof, a vertical- 1y swinging marginal door 9. The watch crystal holding apparatus is entirely enclosed within the casing '7 and the crystals are thus kept dust proof by means of the protection afforded. A vertical shaft 10 is mounted for rotation in aligned stepped bearings ll set in the top and bottom of the inside of the casing. This shaft is equipped at its lower end with the bearing collar 12 engaging with the top of the lower stepped bearing 11. Sleeved to the shaft 10 one above the other are a series of carriers shown in the drawings as comprising a pair of disks 1 3 secured and spaced on a series of hubs t l. which hubs are sleeved for rotation on. the shaft 10. Bearing washers 14* are placed between each carrier. Between each pair of disks on each carrier and secured thereto in spaced relation. a plurality of cylinders 15 are mounted adjacent the pe riphery of the disks. \Vhile Fig. i of the drawings shows all the cylinders on the various carriers to be of the same size, in actual practice the cylinders of one carrier will be of one size while those of the other carriers will be of other sizes, the largest cylinders being on the bottom carrier andthe smaller on the top carrier. The modification in Fig. 6 shows a portion of a carrier equipped'with relatively small sized cylinders and carrying a greater number of the same than the other carriers shown in the drawings. Each of hese cylinders 15 co-operates with the bottom member of the carrier to form a crystal carrying cup. Each cup so formed'has its outer side and bottom seginentally cut away through less than onehalf its periphery from the bottom for about two-thirds of its height and through more than one-half its periphery at approximately the upper third portion of the cup. An aperture is thus left at the bottom of the cup in the lover disk, as Well as a l t al ng the oute side of the cylinder for about twothirds its height, and a larger opened portion at the top of each cylinder. This afi'ords an opening 15 in the outer and bottom sides of each cup slightly larger at the top portion and smaller at the bottom portion than the diameter of the crystal. through which crys tals may be disposed in the cup or when already in the cup may be grasped with the finger and so raised in the cup and then lifted out of the larger or top part of the opening.

As has been stated, the individual carriers are sleeved for rotation on the shaft 10 and the shaft 10 is also mounted for rotation in the bearings 11. The carriers, therefore, can be either individually rotated or by grasping two or three carriers they may be collectively rotated by the rotation of the shaft. The carriers while shown herein as comprising a pair of disks 13 may be of any suitable construction, such as a single disk with the cylinders mounted thereon or an open work structure having radial arms holding the cylinders.

The operation is thought obvious from the drawings and the above description, but may be briefly summarized as follows:

Assuming the cabinet closed and the cups loaded with the crystals of various sized diameters, when a certain sized crystal is wished, the front doors and the marginal top door thereon are first opened, which will give ready access to a large portion of the cups on the carriers. In usage, the sizes of various crystals may be indicated by numbers on the cylinders or sides of the cabinet so that a jeweler may go directly to the right sized cup and pull out the crystal desired. By turning the carriers, loaded cups may always be rotated to the accessible part of the casing or if crystals 7 of the same diameter but of different quality Or thickness are put in the several cups on one carrier. the carrier may be rotated until the proper cup is found, when the crystal may be taken out.

From the above description, it is apparent that the applicant has provided a very simple but highly efficient cabinet for compactly holding a large supply of watch crystals and one in which there would be no chance of breakage or mixing up of the different sizes of crystals.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details and arrangement of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention. As stated, the carirer may comprise single disks or be of any other suitable form as long as they are sleeved to the shaft 10. Moreover, the casing may be of sufiicient size to hold several sets of carriers mounted on several shafts within said casing.

That is claimed is:

1. A watch crystal cabinet comprising a suitably mounted vertical shaft, a series of carriers sleeved for rotation thereon, and a plurality of cylindrical crystal holding cups mounted on said carriers at the outer edges thereof, each. cup having its outer side segmentally cut away through less than half of its circumference, at its lower portion, and through more than half its circum ference at its upper portion.

2. A watch crystal cabinet comprising a suitably mounted vertical shaft, a series of carriers sleeved for rotation on said shaft, each carrier comprising a pair of disks secured to and vertically spaced on a suitable hub, and a plurality of crystal holding cups mounted on each carrier along its outer edge interposed between said spaced disks and secured thereto at their top and bottom edges.

8. A watch crystal cabinet comprising a suitably mounted vertical shaft, a series of disks sleeved on said shaft and a plurality of cylinders mounted 011 said disks near the peripheries thereof and co-operating at their lower ends with said disks to afford crystal holding cups and which cups have their outer and bottom sides segmentally cut away through less than onehalf of their peripheries at their lower portions and through more than one-half of their periphcries at their upper portions to permit the crystals to be raised and removed from said cups.

4. A watch crystal cabinet comprising a vertical shaft suitably mounted for rotation,

a series of vertically aligned carriers sleeved for rotation on said shaft, each. carrier comprising a pair of disks and a suitable hub on which, said disks are vertically spaced and secured, and a plurality of rip-standing cylinders mounted between and secured to said disks along the outer edges of each carrier and having their outer sides segmentally cut away through less than half of their circumferences at their lower and central portions, and through more than half their circumferences at their upper portions.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature.

JOHN P. BECK. 

